Creek Ranch, Inc. v. New Jersey Turnpike Authority

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of defendant dismissing plaintiff’s complaint. The facts were not in serious dispute and the matter was ripe for disposition by the summary judgment route. Judson v. Peoples Bank & Trust Co. of Westfield, 17 N. J. 67 (1954).

*4Peter A. Mattia, right of way manager for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (Authority), wrote a letter to plaintiff (as well as to many other property owners), dated November 12, 1973, notifying it that its property would be affected by and needed for the construction of the contemplated “Alfred E. Driscoll…